Had a lot going on the last few weeks, but couldn't "spill the beans"....
I have not decorated for Christmas for the last three years. We had just moved in here two weeks before Christmas of 2007. It was our first Christmas without Michael, didn't really want to do much that year. All (and I mean all) our Christmas decorations were in the back of a 5X10 storage unit that was stacked so full, you hoped nothing would hit you in the head when you rolled up the door.
Last year it was overwhelming to even consider trying to get to the Christmas stuff. We did have a small tree that someone was replacing. I picked up a strand of garland at the thrift store, borrowed a string of lights and we had a nice little tree.
I decided that this year I would get the stuff out of storage and decorate once again. Fortunately for me, the storage facility had an empty unit next to ours and they allowed me to borrow that unit to sort thru ours.......so I dug out everything, moved it over to the borrowed unit and out came the Christmas....I knew there was a lot there. I had been decorating to the "max" for years in our 2 previous homes.......if you can imagine this.....we lived on hillside area on the south side of town...the high school sets on a hillside area in the north side of town, it's about a 4 mile drive. Well, our house was so well "lighted" that you could pick it out from across town at night.
So anyway, Pat had to help me load up the boxes to take them to another temporary holding site until closer to Christmas ( this has been a long process). As we began to load up the truck, I found it amusing, he began the "drone"......."all this Christmas!!! I had no idea you had this much stuff". We filled the truck bed and stuffed the rest into the back seat. There was a lot of stuff!
As we begin to put back all the other "stuff" into our storage unit I began my "drone".....all this camping "stuff"??? How many tents do you have anyway? What are you GOING to do with all this "stuff" All these "books"??? What are you going to do with all this "stuff"????
So......back to Christmas......... I did decorate the house, even managed to get a tree lighted outside. Made my traditional Christmas candies to send out, had to do all of it "undercover" so as not spoil the suprise for my family.
Stayton's expression was priceless when he walked in and seen the house, found the peanut butter balls in the fridge. Mischel had just spoken with me on the phone, "Gee mom, that would have been nice to have some of that Christmas candy you use to make"....I said "Oh, yea, I could make some of that".......little did she know it was on it's way to her house that day. She called less than an hour later....."Mom!!! It's so good!! We both had a good laugh. Lisha's box arrived the day after Christmas, but the wait was worth it.
All in all, we had a nice Christmas. I'm reminded that God has never let us down. He has blessed us each year in unique and special ways, our memories are priceless and His love has no measure.
Monday, December 28, 2009
Made it!!
Had a lot going on the last few weeks, but couldn't "spill the beans"....
I have not decorated for Christmas for the last three years. We had just moved in here two weeks before Christmas of 2007. It was our first Christmas without Michael, didn't really want to do much that year. All (and I mean all) our Christmas decorations were in the back of a 5X10 storage unit that was stacked so full, you hoped nothing would hit you in the head when you rolled up the door.
Last year it was overwhelming to even consider trying to get to the Christmas stuff. We did have a small tree that someone was replacing. I picked up a strand of garland at the thrift store, borrowed a string of lights and we had a nice little tree.
I decided that this year I would get the stuff out of storage and decorate once again. Fortunately for me, the storage facility had an empty unit next to ours and they allowed me to borrow that unit to sort thru ours.......so I dug out everything, moved it over to the borrowed unit and out came the Christmas....I knew there was a lot there. I had been decorating to the "max" for years in our 2 previous homes.......if you can imagine this.....we lived on hillside area on the south side of town...the high school sets on a hillside area in the north side of town, it's about a 4 mile drive. Well, our house was so well "lighted" that you could pick it out from across town at night.
So anyway, Pat had to help me load up the boxes to take them to another temporary holding site until closer to Christmas ( this has been a long process). As we began to load up the truck, I found it amusing, he began the "drone"......."all this Christmas!!! I had no idea you had this much stuff". We filled the truck bed and stuffed the rest into the back seat. There was a lot of stuff!
As we begin to put back all the other "stuff" into our storage unit I began my "drone".....all this camping "stuff"??? How many tents do you have anyway? What are you GOING to do with all this "stuff" All these "books"??? What are you going to do with all this "stuff"????
So......back to Christmas......... I did decorate the house, even managed to get a tree lighted outside. Made my traditional Christmas candies to send out, had to do all of it "undercover" so as not spoil the suprise for my family.
Stayton's expression was priceless when he walked in and seen the house, found the peanut butter balls in the fridge. Mischel had just spoken with me on the phone, "Gee mom, that would have been nice to have some of that Christmas candy you use to make"....I said "Oh, yea, I could make some of that".......little did she know it was on it's way to her house that day. She called less than an hour later....."Mom!!! It's so good!! We both had a good laugh. Lisha's box arrived the day after Christmas, but the wait was worth it.
All in all, we had a nice Christmas. I'm reminded that God has never let us down. He has blessed us each year in unique and special ways, our memories are priceless and His love has no measure.
I have not decorated for Christmas for the last three years. We had just moved in here two weeks before Christmas of 2007. It was our first Christmas without Michael, didn't really want to do much that year. All (and I mean all) our Christmas decorations were in the back of a 5X10 storage unit that was stacked so full, you hoped nothing would hit you in the head when you rolled up the door.
Last year it was overwhelming to even consider trying to get to the Christmas stuff. We did have a small tree that someone was replacing. I picked up a strand of garland at the thrift store, borrowed a string of lights and we had a nice little tree.
I decided that this year I would get the stuff out of storage and decorate once again. Fortunately for me, the storage facility had an empty unit next to ours and they allowed me to borrow that unit to sort thru ours.......so I dug out everything, moved it over to the borrowed unit and out came the Christmas....I knew there was a lot there. I had been decorating to the "max" for years in our 2 previous homes.......if you can imagine this.....we lived on hillside area on the south side of town...the high school sets on a hillside area in the north side of town, it's about a 4 mile drive. Well, our house was so well "lighted" that you could pick it out from across town at night.
So anyway, Pat had to help me load up the boxes to take them to another temporary holding site until closer to Christmas ( this has been a long process). As we began to load up the truck, I found it amusing, he began the "drone"......."all this Christmas!!! I had no idea you had this much stuff". We filled the truck bed and stuffed the rest into the back seat. There was a lot of stuff!
As we begin to put back all the other "stuff" into our storage unit I began my "drone".....all this camping "stuff"??? How many tents do you have anyway? What are you GOING to do with all this "stuff" All these "books"??? What are you going to do with all this "stuff"????
So......back to Christmas......... I did decorate the house, even managed to get a tree lighted outside. Made my traditional Christmas candies to send out, had to do all of it "undercover" so as not spoil the suprise for my family.
Stayton's expression was priceless when he walked in and seen the house, found the peanut butter balls in the fridge. Mischel had just spoken with me on the phone, "Gee mom, that would have been nice to have some of that Christmas candy you use to make"....I said "Oh, yea, I could make some of that".......little did she know it was on it's way to her house that day. She called less than an hour later....."Mom!!! It's so good!! We both had a good laugh. Lisha's box arrived the day after Christmas, but the wait was worth it.
All in all, we had a nice Christmas. I'm reminded that God has never let us down. He has blessed us each year in unique and special ways, our memories are priceless and His love has no measure.
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Lisha said...
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Loved the goodies! Our peanut butter balls are gone already along with the carmel corn. The fudge is 1/2 gone and we're still plugging away on the rest. I tried making Divinity on my own this year. It didn't set up right, but everyone's still nibbling at it anyway. Your divinity is much better.
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December 28, 2009 at 11:30 AM
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Loved the goodies! Our peanut butter balls are gone already along with the carmel corn. The fudge is 1/2 gone and we're still plugging away on the rest. I tried making Divinity on my own this year. It didn't set up right, but everyone's still nibbling at it anyway. Your divinity is much better.
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